1724 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1724 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George I of Great Britain
- Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig
[edit] Events
- 20 February - premiere of Julius Caesar in Egypt, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London.[1]
- 6 April - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne becomes Secretary of State for the Southern Department; Henry Pelham becomes Secretary at War.[2]
- 16 November - Jack Sheppard is hanged in London. (His partner-in-crime, highwayman Joseph "Blueskin" Blake, was similarly executed five days earlier.)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Blenheim Palace construction is completed. It is presented as a gift to the Duke of Marlborough for his involvement in the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
- Longman, the oldest publishing house in England, is founded.
[edit] Publications
- Jonathan Swift's The Drapier's Letters.[2]
- Daniel Defoe's A tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain.[2]
[edit] Births
- 24 January - Frances Brooke, writer (died 1789)
- 28 February - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, field marshal (died 1807)
- 29 April - John Michell, scientist and geologist (died 1793)
- 19 May - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, admiral and politician (died 1779)
- 3 June - John Gregory, physician, medical writer and moralist (died 1773)
- 8 June - John Smeaton, civil engineer (died 1792)
- 25 August - George Stubbs, painter (died 1806)
- 3 September - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, soldier and Governor of Quebec (died 1808)
- 31 October - Christopher Anstey, writer (died 1805)
- 12 December - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, admiral (died 1816)
[edit] Deaths
- 12 February - Elkanah Settle, writer (b. 1648)
- 21 May - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, statesman (b. 1661)
- 15 June - Henry Sacheverell, churchman and politician (b. 1674)
- 29 October - William Wollaston, philosophical writer (b. 1659)
- 11 November - Joseph Blake (alias Blueskin), highwayman (executed) (b. c. 1700)
- 16 November - Jack Sheppard, criminal (executed) (b. 1702)
- 27 December - Thomas Guy, philanthropist (b. 1644)
[edit] References
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
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